Celtic officially overtake Rangers in most won trophies list after shattering Premier Sports Cup win

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Celtic did the business after a shattering Premier Sports Cup Final win over Rangers this afternoon.

It was a frantic, exhausting, knackering 120 minutes of football with the added pressure and intensity of a penalty shootout at the end.

Thankfully it fell on the Hoops’ side and that means another trophy in the cabinet with a Treble in sight for Brendan Rodgers and his squad.

For Rodgers it was his 10th piece of silverware as manager at the club but, as a whole, there was a significant shift in the records where the club are involved in a more general sense.

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Just last season there was still a narrow lead for the Light Blues in terms of how many trophies they had won compared to the Hoops.

A Double for Rodgers and his troops took it to an incredible 118-a-piece heading into this campaign and this evening’s enthralling finale saw Celtic edge ahead of their noisy neighbours at 119-118.

It was a hugely dramatic afternoon at Hampden as Celts earned their winners’ medals from an exhilarating 120 minutes plus.

Celtic overtake Rangers on trophies won at 119-118

Nedim Bajrami had given Rangers the lead following a poor mistake from Greg Taylor inside his own half as the inverted full-back attempted a square-ball out to the right and was caught.

It took until the second-half for Celtic to rally and Taylor redeemed himself with a deflected effort.

Daizen Maeda then smashed home to make it 2-1 before Mohamed Diomande levelled for the Light Blues.

Nicolas Kuhn thought he had won the cup for his side after Arne Engels found him with a cut-back and he swept the ball beyond Jack Butland to make it 3-2 with just three minutes left on the clock.

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But it took Rangers just 20 seconds after kick-off to net thanks to a Danilo header and we were all square again.

Extra-time was a snooze but penalty kicks followed and Celtic ran out 5-4 winners with Maeda and Kasper Schmeichel the heroes.

The win might give Celts a lead over Gers in trophies won now but Al-Ahly of Egypt remain the most successful of all time with 124.

Chris Sutton brutally mocked Rangers at full-time while their captain, James Tavernier, showed respect by insisting his teammates watch the trophy lift.